Back in October, more than five months ago, the Morris Daily Herald called upon the city of Morris – and, in turn, the Grundy County Board – to ensure any host agreement approved preceding a possible expansion request for the Environtech Landfill be as solid as possible.

In working toward that goal, committees of the Morris City Council, working together, went through the host agreement proposed by Environtech owner Republic Services with a proverbial fine-toothed comb. They looked at the multi-page document page by page and point by point, analyzing if items like the property value guarantee program, water-well inspection effort and aquifer protection plans were the best they could be.